me: >> Sometimes [privatization is] done simply for ideology's sake, as when the >> IMF or >> World Bank insists on it in return for adjustment loans.
Marv: > True, but beneath the ideology are the hard material interests of bankers, > commodity producers, and other Western capitalists seeking to defend and > expand their investments in these countries. in addition, local capitalists stand to gain from it, too. The IMF couldn't get far if it did not have allies in the countries it picks on. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
